An edition of Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
(1985)
Amusing Ourselves to Death [sound recording]
public discourse in the age of show business
by Neil Postman and Neil Postman
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Amusing Ourselves to Death is a prophetic look at what happens when politics, journalism, education, and even religion become subject to the demands of entertainment. It is also a blueprint for regaining control of our media, so that they can serve our highest goals.
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Mass media, Influence, Television broadcasting, Social aspects, Social aspects of Television broadcasting, Nonfiction, Performing Arts, Sociology, Culturele invloeden, Televisie, open_syllabus_project, Médias, Television, Aspect social, CHR 1986, PRO Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy), Argumentation, Télévision, Politische Kultur, Fernsehen, Médias - Aspect social, Télévision - Aspect social, Médias - Influence, Mass media, united states, history, Television broadcasting, social aspects, Mass media, social aspects, Media Control, Electronic Entertainment, Education, Society, Dian shi jie mu, Ying xiang, Wen yu huo dong, Chuan bo mei jie, Yan jiu, Mass media--influence, Mass media--united states, P94 .p63 1986, P 94 p857a 1985a, 302.2/34, Media - general & miscellaneous, Media - theory & philosophyPeople
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Amusing Ourselves to Death [sound recording]: public discourse in the age of show business
2010, Blackstone Audio
CD
in English
1441767363 9781441767363
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
2006, Penguin Books
in English
- 20th anniversary ed.
014303653X 9780143036531
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Amusing ourselves to death: public discourse in the age of show business
1986, Penguin Books
in English
0140094385 9780140094381
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"At different times in our history, different cities have been the focal point of a radiating American spirit."
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